Odin Attendance Center 9-12 had the highest truancy rate among 23 schools in Marion County - 25.6%, while Selmaville Elementary School had the highest attendance rate - 96.2%.
Students are considered chronically truant if they miss 5% of school days or more per year without acceptable excuses. The statewide truancy rate was 22.1% during the 2021-2022 school year.
Some schools have incomplete data, which is factored into the calculations.
In Marion County schools enrolled 6,172 students in the 2021-2022 school year, and average daily attendance was at 91.9% for the year, the Illinois State Board of Education reported. The average daily rate of attendance across the state was 90.8%.
In 2022, Illinois had 1,925,415 students enrolled in a total of 3,977 schools. There were 130,467 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 15 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.
K-12 enrollment has been declining in Illinois for many years, reflecting demographic changes. Combined public and private K-12 enrollment dropped three percent between the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 school year (60,900 students), far more than the typical 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent annual enrollment declines in Illinois over the last 5 years.
| School | Chronic truancy rates (%) |
|---|---|
| Odin Attendance Center 9-12 | 25.6 |
| Jordan Elementary School | 18.5 |
| South Central High School | 17.9 |
| Centralia Junior High School | 16.3 |
| Sandoval Senior High School | 15.7 |
| Centralia High School | 13.4 |
| Salem Community High School | 8.8 |
| South Central Middle School | 7.6 |
| Sandoval Elementary School | 7.1 |
| Central City Elementary School | 6.1 |
| Franklin Park Middle School | 2.4 |
| School | Daily attendance rate (%) |
|---|---|
| Selmaville Elementary School | 96.2 |
| South Central Elementary-Kinmundy School | 95.6 |
| Hawthorn Elementary School | 95.6 |
| Raccoon Consolidated Elementary School | 95.4 |
| Iuka Community Consolidated School | 95.2 |
| Franklin Park Middle School | 95.1 |
| Kell Grade School | 95.1 |
| Sandoval Elementary School | 94.7 |
| Patoka Elementary School | 94.6 |
| Central City Elementary School | 93.3 |
| Patoka Junior High School | 93 |
| South Central Middle School | 92.7 |
| Odin Attendance Center K-8 | 92.6 |
| Sandoval Junior High School | 91.8 |
| Patoka Senior High School | 91.8 |
| Salem Community High School | 91.6 |
| South Central High School | 90.8 |
| Schiller Elementary School | 89.7 |
| Sandoval Senior High School | 89.6 |
| Odin Attendance Center 9-12 | 88.6 |
| Jordan Elementary School | 88.3 |
| Centralia Junior High School | 88 |
| Centralia High School | 87.6 |
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